Taking a monkey from the forest is wrong. Buying and selling them is wrong. But the biggest crime of all is maltreating or abandoning them.
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Facebook finds a home for Sofia and a big brother.

This story is a real triumph for Facebook. It shows how caring people can get together on the web to do some real good. Anna Luisa mailed me on Facebook and told me that she had a friend who had rescued a very young Howler monkey. After a some initial confusion caused by language difficulties, another Facebook member and member of the Simian Samaritans group, Gabriela, contacted, Corina who had actually saved the monkey. We knew of a family in San Jose del Los Altos who have an adult Howler Monkey in their Pozo Suruapo, a wonderful get away place in the mountains near Caracas. The family wanted a young female to be a companion to Teodoro the adult Howler male. They collected the girl monkey from Corina. I know the family, Natacha and German well. They are loving and caring people who have experience of many years caring for Teodoro their monkey. This is a good home for the little girl. The most interesting thing is that all the participants of this rescue are Facebook members and this rescue could not have happened if it were not for Facebook. Well done everyone. Our picture of course is Teodoro with little Sofia looking up admiringly into his eyes.Join the groups Simian Samaritans and Pozo Suruapo on Face book.